Analysis Code for High Altitude Balloons - FedOA - Università degli ...
Analysis Code for High Altitude Balloons - FedOA - Università degli ...
Analysis Code for High Altitude Balloons - FedOA - Università degli ...
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M Mass of balloon film [kg]<br />
film<br />
M Mass of balloon gas [kg]<br />
gas<br />
M Mass of payload [kg]<br />
load<br />
M Total ballast [kg]<br />
ballast<br />
MW air<br />
Molecular weight of dry Air: 28.9644 [g/mol]<br />
MW Molecular weight of lifting gas: Helium: 4.002602 [g/mol]<br />
gas<br />
p Ambient pressure [Pa]<br />
air<br />
p Air pressure at sea level [Pa]<br />
0<br />
p gas<br />
Lifting Gas (Helium) pressure [Pa]<br />
PRORA Programma Nazionale Ricerca Aerospaziale<br />
q Diffuse planetary albedo flux [W/m<br />
Albedo<br />
2 ]<br />
q Direct solar flux [W/m<br />
Sun<br />
2 ]<br />
q Diffuse planetary longwave flux (Earth) [W/m<br />
IREarth<br />
2 ]<br />
R Mean orbital radius [AU]<br />
AU<br />
R Earth radius [m]<br />
Earth<br />
R Specific gas constant of Air (287.05 J/kg/K)<br />
air<br />
vi<br />
Nomenclature<br />
R gas<br />
Specific gas constant of the lifting gas (<strong>for</strong> Helium: 2078.5 J/kg/K)<br />
Re Reynolds Number<br />
ρ Air density [kg/m<br />
air<br />
3 ]<br />
ρ gas<br />
Lifting Gas (Helium) density [kg/m 3 ]<br />
RLV Reusable Launch Vehicle<br />
RoC Rate of Climb [m/s]<br />
SANBA System <strong>for</strong> Augmented Navigation <strong>for</strong> BAlloon Missions<br />
SINBAD Scientific Balloon <strong>Analysis</strong> Model<br />
T Air Temperature [K]<br />
air<br />
T Balloon film bulk temperature [K]<br />
film<br />
T gas<br />
Lifting Gas (Helium) Temperature [K]<br />
USV Unmanned Space Vehicle<br />
UT Universal Time<br />
V x y,<br />
z<br />
, Inertial velocity components [m/s]<br />
V wind x<br />
Wind velocity components [m/s]<br />
Volume Balloon volume [m 3 ]<br />
Volume Maximum design volume of the balloon [m<br />
Design<br />
3 ]<br />
Γ Flight-path angle [rad]<br />
σ Stephan-Boltzmann constant, 5.67e-8 [W/m 2 /K 4 ]